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Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997
22Unlawfully requesting or obtaining access to health
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22 Unlawfully requesting or obtaining access to health
records
(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person threatens or intimidates someone else with the
intention of—
(i) causing the other person to give the person access to a
health record; or
(ii) otherwise obtaining access to a health record; and
(b) the person is not entitled to access to the health record.
(b) the representation is false; and
and
(d) the person makes the representation with the intention of—
(i) causing the other person to give the person access to a
health record; or
(ii) otherwise obtaining access to a health record; and
(e) the person is not entitled to access to the health record.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the representation is not false in a
material particular.